Moosehead Awards

Golden Gibbo

2019 GOLDEN GIBBO Applications are now open to any show who is eligible and registered in the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. To check your eligibility and apply, you can obtain a form in the Comedy Festival Registrations page under FORMS. Deadline Friday 15 March 2019.

GOLDEN GIBBO

Lynda Gibson died on January 2, 2004 after a long battle with cancer. Lynda (aka Gibbo/Gib) had for many years been an integral part of the Melbourne Comedy scene, having performed in and around every Melbourne Comedy Festival since 1987. Lynda was a stand-up comedian who never stood still and whose left wing politics and keen sense of social justice were never hidden. Her physicality was a measure of her commitment and as a performer she threw herself (literally) at her work.

The Golden Gibbo award is $3000 cash plus the Golden Gibbo statue which looks suspiciously like a bottle of shitty red wine. Lynda’s contribution and spirit is acknowledged every year by the Melbourne comedy community through the Golden Gibbo.

The Moosehead Awards

Each year hundreds of Moosehead submissions are received from across Australia. The Moosehead Steering Committee (made up of comedians, producers and friends of Brian McCarthy) try to find new platforms for working comedians by spotlighting an idea rather than just turning out another show.